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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. 261 words

Tyler of Peekskill, Arms, arg. three bars, gamelles, gu, on a canton az. a lion passant guardant, or. Crest, an eagle's head erased, holding in his beak a snake.

Fowler of East and Westchester. All of this name in Connecticut and New York are supposed to have originated from William Fowler of New Haven, who was elected a magistrate in 1637, and was one of the first settlers of Milfurd, 1639. John Fowler was living at Guilford, Conn, in 1650. Benjainin Fowler, of Westchester, removed to Philipse's Manor, b. 1715, mar. Sarah Vincent. Their children were, I. Anthony, mar. Elizabeth Taylor, and had, 1. Benjamin. 2. Abraham. 3. Anthony. 4. Nathaniel. 5. Sarah. II. Vincent, mar. 1st, Dorothy Valentine, 2nd, Mrs. Merritt, and left, 1. Ann. 2. Abraham. 3. Rebecca. 4. Benjamin. 5. Mary. 6. Sarah. III. Frederick, whose da. Jane mar. Jeremiah Dobbs. IV. Josiah, d. s. p. V. Benjamin, d. s. p. VI. Hannah, mar. H. Fowler, M. D. VII. Ann, mar. Dennis Brewer. VIII. Isabel, mar. Dennis Post. Henry Fowler of Eastchester was one of the associate proprietors of the Long Reach Patent in 1708. He left Henry the father of William, who was b. A. D. 1701. William had Richard the father of Philemon of Eastchester. Edmund Fowler of Eastchester d. A. D. 1747, mar. Rachel, and left, 1. Gilbert. 2. Edmund, to whom his father devised all those lands in Eastchester called Hutchin's. 3.

Solomon. John Fowler of Eastchester had John, Abigail, who mar.

Secor, and Jemima, who mar. Williams. John Fowler, jr., d. cir. 1765,